Sunset at Ao Nang

Thailand Take 2: the beaches

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January 4th 2009
First stop back in the land of smiles was Bangkok. The unrest at the airport had only just finished but it seemed to be business as usual in the Khao san road area. A couple of days chilling and not a lot else. We took a 12 hour sleeping bus journey down the south and were sorely dissapointed when we thought we had arrived but actually had another 4 hours to go to our destination in Krabi and ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more